Friday May 1st
I flew down myself, and I've never traveled entirely on my own before, so I was just a wee bit nervous. The thought of navigating customs, finding the right gate, and all that other stuff by myself made me want to hide under something. Yes, I know it's not all that difficult, but I was worried anyway (what's new ;-P). But, most likely unsurprisingly, I managed quite fine on my own and after a mere 45 minutes in the air the airplane was touching down in Boston! I had a bad headache that night, so all that really happened was that Ty picked me up from the airport, I met his mom and little brother (they're awesome!), and we went to bed.
Saturday May 2nd
First off, in the early afternoon, we headed off to Ty's band practice (he's the singer). The band is really good! I love listening to live music, so even band rehearsals appeal to me!
Ty's birthday party started very shortly after band practice, so we picked up a few of his friends at the train station and headed back to his house. If I'd had any doubts about the visit, they vanished as we drove along, windows wide open, sunlight and wind streaming in, loud rock pulsing from the speakers, talking and laughing... It felt like Summer had arrived! Back at his house we set out food, and hung out as people slowly trickled in. I played hacky sac with people for a while, then threw a Frisbee around for a considerably longer while! When the party turned into a giant foam weapon battle, myself and one other person kept throwing the Frisbee around for a while, and after most of the people started having giant nerf gun wars, myself and a few other non-nerf loving people just hung out.
Once it got dark and the party moved inside (it was a sleepover) Ty's room turned into a Tarot reading retreat, with just a few people (those who read Tarot or wanted a reading) relaxing in the dim light, with the smell of burned sage in the air...A bit past midnight there was a magic show put on by Ty's teacher and mentor, Fish the Magish and his partner, the story teller Shava. It was a lovely show! Not long after that, Ty and I headed to bed, while those sleeping over continued to hang out long into the night/morning...
Sunday May 3rd
In the morning, or more accurately early afternoon, I stumbled out of bed and joined the party. We played card games for a while, accompanied by much laughter, before most of the people had to head home. Me and Ty hung out with the remaining people until they left, and then Ty, Troy (a friend of Ty's), and I headed out to a really cool cafe for supper.
Monday May 4th
Ty had a "class" (I've never been to anything less classlike in my life) with Fish and Shava, which was basically a two hour conversation while eating delicious filled crepes! We talked about psycology, unschooling, business, magic, and a bunch of other cool things. I had a great time!
Tuesday May 5th
There was a dance class at the Voyagers homeschool co-op (of which Ty is a member) that I was very reluctant to go to since I don't really like dancing, and always feel self concious, but once I was there and had met the cool people taking the class (some I already knew from NBTSC, some new) I got talked into it. And I actually had fun! It was salsa dance, and I'd never tried partner dancing before, but I now feel that partner dancing is definitely more enjoyable for me than any other form of dance!
Once we left Voyagers, we went to Ty's dad's house (I had stayed aty his mom's house up till then, but in the course of the trip we switched back and forth between the houses), where I met his dad and stepmom (both of whom are really nice!), and played a boardgame with them for a while before going to bed.
Wedensday May 6th
Ty's mom's house borders a lovely woods, and on Wedensday we decided to take a walk in it. My barefoot dirty hippie child boyfriend greatly amused me! :-P
The woods are simply lovely...
Later, Ty, Donna (Ty's mom), Cole (Ty's brother), and I went out for supper at a wonderful Japanese restaurant with delicious food, and had some good discussions, namely about a dance camp that Ty's been telling me about for a while, that sounds really cool!Thursday May 7th
Thursday is Voyagers day for Ty, so that's where I spent my day! I met even more cool people (are you seeing a theme here?), hung out, ate pizza and cake, and had a couple of wonderful discussions, including a very lon
bg one on the collapse of civilization, green anarchy, etc. with one of the adult (I hesitate to use the word teacher) facilitator people at Voyagers. It was just the type of discussion I love, where it's a sharing of ideas, discussing and questioning each others points, all without ever feeling confrontational or like you're in a debate (I'm not a huge fan of debates). It's my favourite type of brain workout. :-)
Friday May 8th
Ty and I hung out with Dan (a friend of Ty's). Dan is awesome, so that was very cool. It rather amused me that we spent about two hours saying we should find something interesting to do, without ever actually doing anything except say periodically that we should find something interesting to do... Good times. :-P
Saturday May 9th
The Voyagers teen formal, a kind of homeschool prom thing, happened that night. I met even more cool people.
Sunday May 10th
Me and Ty just basically hung out! We also watched a movie (Catch Me If You Can) with his dad, Eva (his stepmom), and Cole.
Monday May 11th
We (we being Donna Ty and Cole) left for Montreal. It's a long drive, and by the end I was just really tired and glad to get home. It was wonderful to see my family! It's been three years since I've been away from home that long, and pretty much the first time ever where my homecoming was mixed with sadness that I had to come home! I had such a good time in Boston. As I told Ty, he basically has the life I wish I had, with his days filled with cool activities and places to go, and tons of cool people to hang out with. Now, I love my friends here, but I only really have a couple of them, and my days are so empty! I really need to change things. But anyway, I feel like Summer came early this year, seeing as I got to spend ten days wandering around in sleeveless tops with the sun on my shoulders, driving around with the windows open and lovely music playing, hanging out with awesome people and just chilling... I really hope that I get to visit Ty again this Summer.
For now, Ty, Donna and Cole are here in Montreal. Yesterday we all (all being the aforementioned people plus my mom and sister, Emi) went to downtown Montreal and Chinatown, and ate at a Chinese restaurant. Cole and Emi get along really well, and so do Donna and my mom, so that's cool. :-)
Also, I was really happy when I logged on today and saw that I now have 35 followers! Thanks so much guys! :-D
As much as I miss Boston and it's activity filled days, I'm glad to be home. :-)
Peace,
Idzie
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